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. 2020 Feb 21;15(2):e0229141. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229141

Table 2. Recovery of the fractions (%) of carbohydrates of the silages treated with lignocellulolytic enzymatic complex.

Parameters Enzimatic activity (U. min). kg-1 NM SEM P
0 10 20 30 Linear Quadratic
Corn Silage
Neutral detergent fiber 74.1 69.4 60.8 56.2 7.78 <0.01 0.11
Total Carbohydrates 93.8 93.9 91.1 89.5 4.40 0.02 0.20
Non-fibrous carbohydrates 99.8 106 110 116 8.40 <0.01 0.10
Cellulose 94.9 85.9 82.7 83.2 2.24 0.21 0.02
Hemicellulose 54.7 51.5 48.4 45.3 8.86 0.01 0.16
Lignin (ABSL) 84.1 66.4 54.0 54.3 1.65 0.02 0.07
Sugarcane Silage
Neutral detergent fiber 77.7 68.7 67.4 69.6 14.9 0.08 0.02
Total Carbohydrates 77.2 74.5 72.1 74.0 3.62 0.12 0.01
Non-fibrous carbohydrates 82.4 83.6 90.8 94.4 6.66 0.01 0.24
Cellulose 85.8 77.5 78.1 80.1 5.62 0.14 0.02
Hemicellulose 63.9 47.2 42.2 47.3 6.36 0.21 0.01
Lignin (ABSL) 81.2 69.5 66.9 69.0 2.84 0.21 0.03

Lignin (ABSL): lignin determined by reaction with acetyl bromide; SEM: standard error of mean.